Black Monday

On October 19, 1987, the S&P 500 loses 20.5%, the Dow Jones loses 22.6% and the NASDAQ goes down 11.3%, marking the largest one-day decline in stock market history. One of the major causes of the crash is the use of automated computer program trading. During the rapid decline, the markets are found to be controlled more by computers rather than by investor decisions.
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